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Nov. 14, 2024
Willyams (Cooper) A Selection of Views in Egypt, Palestine, Rhodes, Italy, Minorca, and Gibraltar, second edition, 1822.
Est: £600 - £800
Willyams (Cooper) A Selection of Views in Egypt, Palestine, Rhodes, Italy, Minorca, and Gibraltar, second edition, 36 hand-coloured aquatints, text in English and French, occasional faint off-setting, scattered faint spotting, one or two short marginal tears to first plate, cracked hinges, contemporary half crushed morocco, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Blackmer 1814], folio, 1822.
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Nov. 14, 2024
Willyams (Cooper) A Voyage up the Mediterranean, first edition, 1802
Est: £400 - £600
Willyams (Cooper) A Voyage up the Mediterranean, first edition, engraved dedication leaf, folding aquatint map, 41 aquatint plates, faint pencil note to title, cracked upper hinge but holding firm, near contemporary calf, bumping and small split to spine head, a little rubbed, [Abbey, Travel 196; Blackmer 1813], 4to, 1802.
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Oct. 08, 2024
Willyams, Cooper: A voyage up the mediterranean
Est: €600 - €900
Willyams, Cooper. A voyage up the mediterranean in his Majesty's ship The Swiftsure. With a description of the battle of the Nile on the first of August 1798, and a detail of events that occured subsequent to the battle in various parts of the meditarranean. XXIII, 309 S. Mit gestochenem Widmungsblatt, 40 Aquatintatafeln, Aquatinta-Faltkarte und Aquatinta-Plan. 27,5 x 22,5 cm. Leder d. Z. (stärker berieben, Deckel mit Kratzspuren, Rücken und Gelenke unfachmännisch restauriert, Kapitale lädiert) mit RVergoldung, RSchild und Deckelfileten. London, Thomas Bensley für John White, 1802. -- Brunet V, 1458. Abbey, Travel, 196: "A finely produced book". Ibrahim-Hilmy II, 334. Blackmer 1813. Cox II, 448. Lowndes 2940. Graesse VI/2, 456. – Erste Ausgabe. Die prachtvollen Aquatintatafeln von Joseph Stadler zeigen Ansichten und lokale Bevölkerung aus Syrien, Ägypten, Palästina, Rhodos, Italien, Minorca und Gibraltar. Cooper Willyams (1752-1816) war als Schiffsgeistlicher und Künstler auf der HMS Swiftsure und Teilnehmer der Schlacht um den Nil (1798), wo die französischen Truppen Napoelons von Horatio Nelson geschlagen wurden, sein Bericht gilt als "the first, the most particular, and the most authentic account of the battle" (DNB). – Gering fleckig, mehrere Textseiten mit hs. Anmerkungen in Bleistift, die Tafeln mit Abklatsch. Fl. Vorsatz und einige Textblatt gestempelt, Titel mit hs. Besitzeintrag, Vorsatz mit montierten Exlibris.
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Mar. 07, 2024
Mediterranean.- Willyams (Cooper) A Voyage up the Mediterranean, first edition, 1802
Est: £400 - £600
Mediterranean.- Willyams (Cooper) A Voyage up the Mediterranean, first edition, engraved dedication leaf, double-page aquatint map with route, 41 aquatint plates, contemporary green mottled calf, gilt, a little rubbed, [Abbey, Travel 196; Blackmer 1813; Atabey 1339 (second edition)], 4to, 1802. *** A good copy of this work by a chaplain and artist in the Mediterranean squadron under Nelson, including much on the Battle of the Nile.
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Dec. 13, 2023
Gloucestershire.- Willyams (Cooper) The History of Sudeley Castle..., first edition, aquatint frontispiece, J.Robson, 1791 & Marklove's Berkeley Castle, 1840 (2)
Est: £200 - £300
Gloucestershire.- Willyams (Rev. Cooper) The History of Sudeley Castle, in Gloucestershire, first edition, etched aquatint frontispiece by Willyams printed in sepia (light water-stain to upper inner margin), tissue guard, modern half red morocco over marbled boards, gilt, gilt-stamped morocco label to upper cover, uncut, [Millard, British 90], J.Robson, 1791 § Marklove (H.) Views of Berkeley Castle, first edition, lithographed frontispiece and 9 plates by Marklove, list of subscribers, plates browned and rather water-stained, one or two tears and repairs, frontispiece laid down, modern half blue morocco over marbled boards, gilt-stamped morocco label to upper cover, spine gilt, [Abbey, Scenery 409, coloured copy], printed by William Partridge of Nailsworth, 1840, folio (2) ⁂ The first was written mainly to support the complicated claim of the author's genealogist friend Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges to the barony of Chandos of Sudeley. The plate depicts the castle in ruins before its partial restoration in 1837 by Sir George Gilbert Scott for the Dents. The second item is rare with only 2 copies recorded by Library Hub (BL & Oxford); WorldCat adds 3 in North America. The Abbey copy contains 11 plates but notes that the final plate is not by Marklove and is on thicker paper therefore probably an addition. Other copies all state 10 plates.
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Oct. 12, 2023
WILLYAMS (Cooper)
Est: £200 - £300
WILLYAMS (Cooper) An Account of the Campaign in the West Indies, in the year 1794. London 1796, 4to, map of Martinique and plan of Fort Bourbon, lightly spotted, 2 aquatints in the text, uncut in original marbled boards, spine worn, front board near detached
Cheffins
Oct. 10, 2023
Willyams, Cooper: A voyage up the mediterranean in his Majesty's ship The Swiftsure
Est: €800 - €1,200
Willyams, Cooper. A voyage up the mediterranean in his Majesty's ship The Swiftsure. With a description of the battle of the Nile on the first of August 1798, and a detail of events that occured subsequent to the battle in various parts of the meditarranean. XXIII, 309 S. Mit gestochenem Widmungsblatt, 40 Aquatintatafeln, Aquatinta-Faltkarte und Aquatinta-Plan. 27,5 x 22,5 cm. Leder d. Z. (stärker berieben, Deckel mit Kratzspuren, Rücken und Gelenke unfachmännisch restauriert, Kapitale lädiert) mit RVergoldung, RSchild und Deckelfileten. London, Thomas Bensley für John White, 1802. -- Brunet V, 1458. Abbey, Travel, 196: "A finely produced book". Ibrahim-Hilmy II, 334. Blackmer 1813. Cox II, 448. Lowndes 2940. Graesse VI/2, 456. – Erste Ausgabe. Die prachtvollen Aquatintatafeln von Joseph Stadler zeigen Ansichten und lokale Bevölkerung aus Syrien, Ägypten, Palästina, Rhodos, Italien, Minorca und Gibraltar. Cooper Willyams (1752-1816) war als Schiffsgeistlicher und Künstler auf der HMS Swiftsure und Teilnehmer der Schlacht um den Nil (1798), wo die französischen Truppen Napoelons von Horatio Nelson geschlagen wurden, sein Bericht gilt als "the first, the most particular, and the most authentic account of the battle" (DNB). – Gering fleckig, mehrere Textseiten mit hs. Anmerkungen in Bleistift, die Tafeln mit Abklatsch. Fl. Vorsatz und einige Textblatt gestempelt, Titel mit hs. Besitzeintrag, Vorsatz mit montierten Exlibris.
Bassenge Auctions
May. 18, 2023
Military.- Willyams (Rev. Cooper) An Account of the Campaign in the West Indies, in the Year 1794, first edition, T. Bensley, 1796; and others, Military (c.34)
Est: £200 - £300
Military.- Willyams (Rev. Cooper) An Account of the Campaign in the West Indies, in the Year 1794, first edition, list of subscribers, 2 aquatint vignettes in text, with engraved plan of Fort Bourbon but lacking engraved map, without the 6 aquatint plates issued separately but bound in with the large paper folio copies, bookplates of 1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment, one for the Officers Mess dated 1905 in ink manuscript, contemporary ink ownership inscription to dedication leaf, some light soiling and marginal staining, later calf, arms of the Regiment in gilt to upper cover, paper label to spine, rubbed and soiled, spine chipped, [Sabin 104563; cf.Abbey, Travel 677, large paper], T. Bensley, 1796; and others, Military, v.s. (c.34)
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Mar. 30, 2023
Cooper Willyams Watercolor on paper depicting the Palazzo di Acquaviva near Laco Ameno of Ischia, titled "Palazzo di Acquaviva near Laco" 240x350 mm. signed and dated in pen lower right "CW. fecit. May 19.1799" (slight defects)...
Est: €400 - €500
(1762 - 1816) Watercolor on paper depicting the Palazzo di Acquaviva near Laco Ameno of Ischia, titled "Palazzo di Acquaviva near Laco" 240x350 mm. signed and dated in pen lower right "CW. fecit. May 19.1799" (slight defects) IT Acquerello su carta raffigurante il Palazzo di Acqua Viva presso Laco Ameno di Ischia, titolato "Palazzo di Acquaviva near Laco" mm 240x350 circa Firmato e datato a penna in basso a destra "CW. fecit. May 19.1799" (lievi difetti)
Il Ponte Auction House
Nov. 19, 2020
Mediterranean.- Willyams (Cooper) A Voyage up the Mediterranean in His Majesty's Ship the Swiftsure, first edition, large paper copy, Printed by T. Bensley for J. White, 1802.
Est: £500 - £700
NO RESERVE Mediterranean.- Willyams (Cooper) A Voyage up the Mediterranean in His Majesty's Ship the Swiftsure, first edition, large paper copy, engraved dedication, sepia aquatint map of the Mediterranean, plan of the Battle of the Nile and 40 plates, ex-library copy with ink numbers to verso of title and dedication and blind-stamps (inoffensive), mostly marginal but within image of around 18 plates, else generally clean with some occasional spotting or light staining, small repair to inner margin of title, modern half calf, gilt, spine in compartments and with earlier morocco label, [Abbey, Travel, 196; Blackmer 1813], folio (475 x 323mm.), Printed by T. Bensley for J. White, 1802. ⁂ In 1798 Willyams served as chaplain of the Swiftsure, a ship in the squadron under the command of Nelson. He was present at the Battle of the Nile and according to DNB his is 'the first, the most particular, and the most authentic account of the battle'. Includes views of Sicily, Egypt and Gibraltar. Provenance: Col. Samuel Barrett Miles, presented by his wife to Bath Public Library, 1920 (bookplate). Miles was a British Army officer, diplomat, and author of The Countries and Tribes of the Persian Gulf, and several papers published by the RGS.
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Jun. 12, 2019
WILLYAMS, Cooper (1762-1816). A Voyage up the Mediterranean in his Majesty’s...
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
WILLYAMS, Cooper (1762-1816). A Voyage up the Mediterranean in his Majesty’s Ship the Swiftsure, one of the Squadron under the Command of Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson … with a Description of the Battle of the Nile. London: T. Bensley, 1802. First edition of "the first, the most particular, and the most authentic account" of the Battle of the Nile, a large-paper copy (ODNB). The topographer and artist Willyams served as chaplain on board the Swiftsure, part of Sir Horatio Nelson's squadron in the Mediterranean in 1798-99. His sketches chronicle the coasts during the Napoleonic Wars, and include much commentary on the Ottoman forces in North Africa—sometime allies of the British against Napoleon. The work was also issued in regular folio and quarto sizes. Abbey Travel 196; Blackmer 1813; Atabey 1339 (2d ed). Folio (480 x 340mm). Engraved dedication, double-page map, and 41 plates including one plan (a few scattered spots). Contemporary calf gilt, all edges gilt, small gilt motifs of pyramids, an anchor, and a ship (rebacked to style with new endpapers, minor scuffs to boards).
Christie's
Mar. 30, 2019
Rev. Cooper Willyams (1762 - 1816) Scenes of Syria
Est: $150 - $300
After Rev. Cooper Willyams (1762 - 1816). Nine color aquatint/etchings by Rev. Cooper Willyams (1762 - 1816), circa 1820's. Each depicts a different scene of Syria. 1) Grand Place, at Syracuse. 2) Garden and Monastery of the Capuchins near Syracuse. 3) Caverns near Syracuse. 4) Agriculture in Syria. 5) Inside of a Cavern near Syracuse. 6) Landing Place at Syracuse. 7) St. Michael's Cave Gibraltar. 8) Interior of Poca Roca Cave. 9) The Bay of Acre, from the Top of Carmel. Various measuring, smallest measures 10.375-in. x 13.125-in., the largest 11-in. x 14.125-in. All unframed, loose and not mounted or glued down. If lot is absent of a condition report, a condition report may be requested via email. Condition report is provided as an opinion only and is no guarantee as grading can be subjective. Buyer must view photographs or scans to assist in determining condition and ask further questions, if so desired. Provenance: C.D. Raymond & Son collection. We ship most items in this auction in house and gladly combine shipping if possible of multiple items. (4 @ L70 R36; 5 @ L70 R24).
Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC
Oct. 11, 2017
Willyams, Cooper
Est: £500 - £700
Willyams, Cooper A Selection of Views in Egypt, Palestine, Rhodes, Italy, Minorca and Gibraltar. London: John Hearne, 1821. First edition, folio, 36 coloured aquatints, contemporary quarter calf rebacked with later spine, bookplate of Charles Montague Burnett, some browning to text and plates particularly towards rear of volume
Lyon & Turnbull
Aug. 31, 2016
Willyams, Cooper
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Willyams, Cooper A Voyage up the Mediterranean in His Majesty's Ship the Swiftsure, with a Description of the Battle of the Nile. London: J. White, 1802. First Edition, 4to., (288 x 228mm.), hand-coloured folding engraved chart, engraved dedication with hand-coloured coat of arms, 41 hand-coloured aquatint plates and plans, contemporary diced russia with gilt Greek-key border, rebacked retaining original boards, spine gilt, corners repaired, some offsetting, mostly from plates to text
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 08, 2014
COOPER WILLYAMS (1762-1816)
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
COOPER WILLYAMS (1762-1816) A Voyage up the Mediterranean in His Majesty's Ship the Swiftsure, one of the squadron under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson... with a description of the Battle of the Nile. London: T. Bensley for J. White, 1802. 2° (485 x 340mm). Engraved dedication, 2 tinted aquatint double-page maps, one double-page, and 40 plates by J.C.Stadler and others after Willyams and others. Original marbled boards, uncut (rebacked). Provenance: Emma, Lady Hamilton (1761?-1815, ink signature on front pastedown, dated 1804). FIRST EDITION, LARGE-PAPER COPY, WITH AN EVOCATIVE PROVENANCE. Nelson, in the Vanguard, arrived in Naples bay on 22nd September 1798 to a rapturous welcome from the inhabitants. Amongst the first to greet him were a party headed by Sir William and Lady Hamilton. The Hamiltons later gave a lavish ball on Nelson's birthday (29 September) in his honour. Nelson and Emma Hamilton's love affair had its beginnings during this visit. The work was apparently issued in folio and quarto in both hand-coloured and tinted form. Abbey Travel 196.
Christie's
Dec. 09, 2009
WILLYAMS, Cooper (1762-1816). A Voyage Up the Mediterranean in His Majesty's Ship the Swiftsure, One of the Squadron Under the Command of Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson... With a Description of the Battle of the Nile on the First of August 1798
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
WILLYAMS, Cooper (1762-1816). A Voyage Up the Mediterranean in His Majesty's Ship the Swiftsure, One of the Squadron Under the Command of Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson... With a Description of the Battle of the Nile on the First of August 1798. London: Printed by T. Bensley for J. White, 1802. 4υo (285 x 228 mm). Engraved dedication to the Earl of St. Vincent with armorial vignette, double-page aquatint chart of the Mediterranean with 3 medallion views, 41 aquatint plates including a plan of the Battle of the Nile, engraved by J.C. Stadler after the author. (Some pale offsetting.) 19th-century red morocco, gilt edges (rebacked preserving original spine, some light staining). FIRST EDITION OF WILLYAMS'S "FINELY PRODUCED BOOK" (Abbey). Topographer and artist, Willyams served as chaplain on board the Swiftsure, part of Sir Horatio Nelson's squadron in the Mediterranean in 1798-99. The work includes "the first, the most particular, and the most authentic account" (DNB) of the Battle of the Nile which took place on 1 August 1798, together with observations from visits to Naples, Florence, Venice, Alexandria, Rhodes, Sicily and Gibraltar. Abbey Travel 196; See Blackmer 1813.
Christie's
Dec. 16, 2003
WILLYAMS (COOPER)
Est: £600 - £800
A Voyage up the Mediterranean in His Majesty's Ship the Swiftsure, one of the Squadron under the Command of Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson, large paper copy, engraved dedication, sepia aquatint map and 41 plates, unobtrusive library blindstamps (occasionally affecting image), contemporary calf, rebacked, worn, upper cover detached [Abbey Travel 196], large folio (474 by 330mm.), T. Bensley for J. White, 1802
Bonhams